Cooler and drier air will rush into the area tonight into Tuesday, helping to break up the cloud cover but keeping us rather chilly. Breezy northwest winds will make tomorrow morning’s mid-30s feel more like the 20s, so if you’re headed out in the morning, make sure you’ve got a little layering going on to stay warm. Despite some downslope flow, highs will struggle to reach 50° in the afternoon with periods of cloud cover. (At least it won’t be raining.)
Cloud cover has arrived, and the rain will pick up as Sunday goes on as yet another cold front makes its way toward our neck of the woods. The best chances of the heaviest rain will come later in the afternoon into the evening hours, but showers will be possible at really any point of the day. Once it’s all said and done, we could log another half-inch to inch of rain in the books to close out January.
Temperatures will run in the mid-60s with a stiff southerly wind pumping warm, moist air into the region. Gusts could reach 30 MPH at times, particularly on exposed overpasses and bridges, so be cautious when traveling tomorrow.
There will be a small risk of some minor coastal flooding with tomorrow morning’s high tide, which would primarily affect areas near The Citadel and around Lockwood Dr. High tide is forecast to peak a little after 9:30am.
A cold front will swing through overnight, bringing much cooler and drier air to the Lowcountry for the next few days. Wind gusts 30-35 MPH could be common overnight into Thursday morning, with higher gusts possible on bridges and overpasses. Be careful during your morning commute.
Skies should clear out by midday, but despite plenty of sunshine, temperatures will struggle to the low 50s as cold air pumps into the area. But, hey, the sun will come out, and that’s better than we can say for the last few days.
Get ready for a soggy Wednesday as a cold front and upper disturbances combine to produce quite a bit of rainfall. Atmospheric moisture will be abnormally abundant for this time of year, allowing for most areas to receive over an inch of rain tomorrow. Temperatures will top out in the low 60s as a front sags south of the area.
Rain looks to begin to taper off in the evening hours as a secondary front pushes offshore. This will bring in cooler and drier air overnight, and by sunrise Thursday we should be seeing rapid clearing.
After the warmest day since New Year’s today, we’ll get back into the mid-70s for Tuesday as we remain in the warm sector of a storm system cutting across Tennessee this evening. We’ll be under mostly cloudy skies with a few peeks of sun throughout the day, with shower chances increasing as the evening progresses ahead of what appears to be a very soggy Wednesday across the Tri-County.
The forecast high of 76° at the airport runs well above the normal high of 60° for January 26. The record high is 80°, set in 1949.
After a Saturday full of brilliant sunshine and somewhat overachieving high temperatures, we’ll be back to the low 60s today with a few more clouds. You might notice it getting a little more humid as the day goes on, with winds switching to a more easterly/southeasterly direction this afternoon.
High-res guidance still wants to spit out a couple showers in the area very late tonight, but if there will be any rain, it would probably sprinkle in more toward Monday — and even then, there’s just a slight chance in the forecast right now. Will have more on this and the week ahead later tonight, but for now, enjoy your Sunday!
After an afternoon in the mid-to-upper 60s across the Lowcountry, clouds and eventually some showers return to the area tomorrow as a cold front begins to approach from the northwest. The rain chance will begin in the afternoon and increase overnight into Friday as the front sags southward through the region. Keep rain gear handy if you are out and about tomorrow.
No weather concerns for Monday as we pause to reflect on the life and message of Martin Luther King, Jr. High temperatures will top out in the mid-50s — a click or two under January normals — despite mostly sunny skies with high pressure firmly in place. This year is certainly going to be very different with virtual events due to the ongoing pandemic, but any virtual events being held outdoors will probably have more trouble with Wi-Fi than weather.
We look to remain rain-free until at least Thursday when low pressure and its associated cold front approach from the west. Ahead of the front, we’ll be in a warming trend, with highs getting into the 60s by Wednesday. I’ll have more on the rest of the work week’s forecast in tomorrow night’s post.
After a stubborn cloud deck kept temperatures significantly lower than expected today, we will finally get these clouds out of here once and for all and enjoy a mostly sunny day on Thursday. Highs will top out around 60° in most spots. It’ll sure feel nice to get this gloomy stuff out of here, that’s for sure.
We’ll warm up a bit on Wednesday as a little more sun works into the area with high pressure at the surface. Cloud cover will be reinforced at times by some upper-level energy moving through the area, but despite that, we should touch 60° in the afternoon, which is right on the warm side of a normal high temperature for mid-January.
Watch for patches of fog in the morning causing dips in visibility at times. Fog should mix out by 9am, giving way to the aforementioned partly sunny skies.
